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From YouTube: April 24, 2014 Minneapolis State of the City Address
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Adjourned Minneapolis City Council State of the City Address
A
A
A
Welcome
to
this
important
part
of
our
city's
history,
the
American
Indian
Center,
we're
so
delighted
to
be
your
guest
today.
Thank
you
very
much,
and
this
is
a
regularly
not
a
regularly
scheduled
meeting.
Excuse
me
it's
an
insurance
session
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council.
So
it's
a
formal
city
council
meeting,
and
so
the
first
thing
that
we
do
at
a
council
meeting
is
called
the
role,
and
so
our
city
council
clerk,
will
call
the
roll
and
introduce
our
council
members,
and
each
of
them
will
stand
up
so
that
you
can
identify
them.
B
A
Well,
we
have
a
quorum
of
our
City
Council
present
and
what
a
treat
for
me
to
be
at
our
first
new
mayors,
first,
a
state
of
the
city
message.
It
is
with
the
real
pleasure
that
I
introduce
mr.
Daniel
Yang,
who
was
on
her
transition
team
that
helped
her
get
the
the
mayor's
office
in
place
and
helped
her
through
that
initial
process.
And
so
mr.
yang.
C
Mayor
Hodges,
council
president
johnson
council,
members,
congressman
ellison,
distinguished
guests,
friends
and
relatives
welcome
to
the
minneapolis
american
indian
center
in
the
heart
of
the
American
Indian
cultural
corridor,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor
for
the
honor
of
speaking
at
her
first
state
of
the
city
address,
as
well
as
the
honor
to
serve
on
her
transition
advisory
committee
earlier
this
year.
If
you've
been
happy
with
the
mayor's
work,
thus
far,
I'd
like
to
say,
you're
welcome
and
take
complete
credit
for
all
of
it,
stemming
from
those
earliest
days
in
office,
working
with
the
transition
team.
C
Now
to
those
in
attendance
who
have
any
issues
or
concerns
with
the
mayor's
work,
I
would
ask
you
to
seek
out
her
chief
of
staff.
John
Styles,
he's
that
handsome
man
with
a
beard
sitting
over
there
in
all
seriousness.
It's
a
deep
honor
and
a
reflection
of
the
mayor's
values
that
she
selected.
The
American
Indian
community
to
hold
her
first
state
of
the
city
address
after
many
years
of
organizing
in
this
community
I've
learned
that
the
hard
truth
is
more
often
than
not
like
in
so
many
communities
of
color.
C
It's
been
incredibly
encouraging
to
see
mayor
Hodges,
continuing
to
connect
with
our
community
first
participating
in
a
community
dialogue
on
racial
equity
held
here
in
our
community
just
days
after
her
election
and
now
with
her
first
state
of
the
city.
Address
I'd
like
to
also
welcome
you
all
back
to
the
American
Indian
cultural
corridor.
C
Here
it's
the
perfect
place
to
pick
up
something
special
for
your
spouse
when
you're
in
the
doghouse
Garrett
Cunningham
knows
talking
about
I,
also
invite
you
to
join
us
to
celebrate
Minnesota
American
Indian
month
with
our
annual
parade
and
celebration
held
on
may.
First,
we'll
be
gathering
just
right
out
here
with
a
round
dance
and
community
feast.
C
In
the
past
couple
weeks,
we've
been
flooded
at
nackte,
with
phone
calls,
emails
and
visitors
expressing
their
community,
their
community
members,
gratitude
and
emotion.
Around
this
historic
moment,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
has
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
show
their
leadership
on
racial
equity
by
becoming
the
first
city
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
to
replace
Columbus
Day
with
indigenous
peoples
day.
The
common
argument
from
those
outside
of
this
community
is
that
there
are
more
important
issues
for
the
city
to
dedicate
their
time.
To
that
this
isn't
a
big
deal
and
they're
right.
C
It's
not
a
big
deal.
It's
not
a
big
deal.
If
you
never
sat
in
a
classroom
as
a
child
and
been
teased,
taunted
or
tormented
about
Columbus
Day,
it's
not
a
big
deal
if
you've
never
shed
a
tear
reflecting
about
indigenous
relatives
and
ancestors
who
faced
mortar
murder,
torture
and
rape
that
resulted
from
this
man
in
this
moment
in
history,
it's
not
a
big
deal.
C
This
is
an
important
step
in
working
towards
healing
the
pain
and
hurt
that
is
associated
with
this
day
and
the
indigenous
people
who
call
this
region
home
for
more
than
four
decades.
Countless
community
members
activists,
groups
and
organizations
have
fought
in
this
community
and
indigenous
communities
all
across
the
world.
Among
this
issue
and
other
indigenous
rights
issues,
a
leader
in
that
struggle
is
my
uncle
Lexi
bill
means
bill
is.
C
Bill
is
the
co-founder
of
the
International
Indian
treaty
council,
a
longtime
leader
in
the
American
Indian
Movement
and
on
numerous
community
boards.
He
has
literally
put
his
life
on
the
line
time
after
time
to
protect
indigenous
peoples
and
communities
across
the
world.
As
a
young
boy,
I
looked
up
to
him,
seeing
him
in
the
newspapers
and
reading
about
his
activism.
Now
as
a
young
man,
I've
had
the
honor
to
work
side-by-side
with
Bill
and
be
humbled
by
his
mentorship.
Please
welcome
bill
means.
D
I'm,
a
doc
we
prepare
to
kill
a
chant.
My
wife
stayed
up
hey
to
Zach.
Still
oh
I
like
to
give
you
that
traditional
greeting
and
one
of
the
classical
languages
of
the
Western
Hemisphere
known
as
Lakota.
What
I
said
was
today
is
a
good
day,
hello.
My
relatives,
the
hearts
of
our
people
are
strong
and
we
extend
our
hand
and
friendship.
D
D
D
This
relationship
started
many
years
ago
in
1805
was
the
treaty
between
Dakota
people
and
a
man
by
name
of
Zebulon
Pike,
who
you
may
recalls
related
to
Pikes
Peak.
It
was
there.
They
sat
down
with
the
idea
of
creating
a
place
where
people
could
come
together
later
became
known
as
city
of
Minneapolis
and
from
that
treaty
we
began
to
circle
of
life
as
we
call
it
in
our
ways
we
each
kind
of
went
in
separate
directions.
D
We
as
Indian
people
trying
to
preserve
our
land,
our
way
of
life
and
the
non-indian
beginning
to
build
this
industrial
complex
known
as
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
went
through
some
dark
days
like
down
in
1862
and
which
the
largest
mass
hanging
in
the
history
of
United
States
took
place
right
here
in
mankato
minnesota.
E
Ok,
so
I'm
going
to
untape
this
and
retake
this
closer
to
where
I
talk,
that's
a
really
great
way
to
start,
but
I
do
want
to
start.
Can
you
hear
me
better
now
great?
I
do
want
to
start
by
thanking
daniel
and
bill
for
those
introductions
and
those
very
kind
words.
It's
a
very
humbling
welcome,
it's
a
warm
welcome
and
it
means
a
great
deal
to
me.
I
also
want
to
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I,
want
to
thank
you,
council
members
for
convening
this
meeting
for
this
purpose.
E
E
I
am
grateful
to
be
surrounded
here
by
friends
by
colleagues,
peers
and
family.
Thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
park
board.
I
see
Superintendent
Jane
Miller
here
is
here
with
President
Lee's
whistle
is
Wolinsky.
Pardon
me
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
and
from
folks
from
the
Met
Council,
who
are
here
as
well
and
Congressman.
Ellison
I
want
to
thank
you
in
particular
for
being
here.
It
means
a
lot
to
me
that
you
have
chosen
to
spend
your
time
here
today.
E
E
I
think
if
you
had
told
them
when
I
was
a
moody
teenager
obsessed
with
Duran
Duran
or
when
I
was
a
radical
college
student
who
knew
everything
and
what
was
wrong
with
it.
They
would
be
very
surprised
to
have
learned
that
someday
I
would
be
giving
a
Minneapolis
state
of
the
city
address.
But
here
we
are
here.
We
are
and
I
look
around
this
space
in
particular
and
I,
see
not
just
a
place.
I
see
a
center
of
a
community.
E
That
is
one
of
the
many
great
things
about
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
I,
think
of
the
history
and
I.
Think
of
the
community
here
as
well
since
1970
for
the
American
in
the
Minneapolis
American
Indian
Center
has
had
a
rich
history
as
one
of
the
first
urban
American
Indian
centers
in
the
country,
first
under
the
longtime
leadership
of
executive
director,
Francis
Fairbanks
and
then,
but
she
was
a
pioneer
in
the
area
of
community
leadership
by
the
way
and
now
under
the
great
leadership
of
Mary
Lagarde.
Thank
you
Mary
for
hosting
us
here
today.
E
And
as
Daniel
mentioned
this,
we
are
in
the
heart
of
the
neighbor
Native
American
cultural
corridor
that
is
defined
in
the
blueprint,
a
community-driven
vision
for
this
neighborhood
and
for
the
Native
community
in
Minneapolis.
The
city
partners,
with
the
community,
through
our
memorandum
of
understanding
and
I,
am
committed
to
partnering
myself
to
making
the
blueprint
into
reality
and
one
of
the
leaders
of
that
blueprint.
Former
city
council
member
Robert
liljegren,
is
here
with
us
today.
Thank
you.
E
And
two
ways
that
our
partnership
cultivate
cult
culminates
is
first
through
the
celebration
of
American
Indian
month,
which
starts
a
week
from
today
on
may.
First
and
second,
it's
especially
important
that
we
are
here
today
on
the
eve
of
an
historic
vote,
a
vote
that
will
at
long
last
recognize
the
history,
culture
and
resiliency
of
the
people
who
originally
inhabited
our
country
and
our
city
tomorrow.
The
City
Council
will
vote
on
a
resolution
to
begin
recognizing
indigenous
peoples
day
on
the
day
that
until
now
we
have
recognized
as
Columbus
Day.
E
This
Act
will
recognize
and
celebrate
the
native
people
who
still
live
on
this
land
and
will
foster
stronger
relationships.
Moving
forward.
I
am
grateful
to
the
community
for
organizing
to
make
this
a
reality
and
I
very
much
look
forward
to
signing
it
when
it
comes
forward,
as
I
promised
this
past
summer.
That
I
would
do.
E
E
And
the
secret,
which
I'm
going
to
let
out
of
the
bag
today,
is
that
this
gross
growth
cannot
happen
unless
all
the
fruits
are
grown
and
shared
by
all.
The
first
step
is
for
all
of
us
together
to
share
the
goal,
and
that's
where
we
begin
today.
When
we
eliminate
our
disparities,
we
will
both
ignite
and
propel
our
prosperity
individually,
yes,
of
course,
but
far
beyond
individual
success.
E
Eliminating
disparities
will
bring
prosperity
to
the
region,
not
just
among
people
who
are
newly
participating,
but
among
all
of
us,
by
increasing
a
customer
base,
increasing
a
solid
workforce
that
draws
new
business
investment,
increasing
the
productivity
of
the
city
and
the
whole
region,
and
yes,
by
increasing
our
tax
base
data
back
this
up.
The
International
Monetary
Fund
shows
that
in
countries
who
have
reduced
their
inequalities
by
ten
percent
just
ten
percent,
they
increase
their
growth
spell
by
fifty
percent.
They
had
fifty
percent
longer
to
bring
in
new
business
and
new
development.
E
They
had
fifty
percent
longer
to
with
an
opening
to
reduce
inequality
even
more.
They
had
fifty
percent
longer
to
build
on
that
success
in
an
upward
spiral
of
growth.
I
want.
No
less
for
Minneapolis
I
want
no
less
for
the
people
of
Minneapolis
I
want
this
kind
of
growth
for
us,
because
there
is
something
in
it
for
all
of
us.
A
Met
Council
study
shows
that
we
will
be
a
majority
minority
region
by
2040
and
much
sooner
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
It
also
shows
that
if
Minneapolis
st.
E
Paul
were
to
eliminate
our
disparities,
we
could
have
274,000
fewer
people
in
poverty,
171,000,
more
high
school
diplomas,
a
hundred
and
twenty
four
thousand
more
people
with
jobs
in
in
terms
of
economic
growth.
We
would
pick
up
thirty
one
point:
eight
billion
dollars
of
personal
income
that
we
are
otherwise
leaving
on
the
table.
31
point
eight
billion
dollars,
so
this
is
where
we
begin.
This
is
the
key
that
will
unlock
the
door
of
our
gross
feza
City
growth.
E
That
includes
us
all,
will
propel
us
further
than
doing
what
we've
always
done,
because
doing
what
we've
always
done
will
get
us.
What
we
have
always
gotten
and
what
we
have
gotten
is
growth
that
is
courted
by
the
biggest
disparities
in
the
country
between
white
people
and
people
of
color.
What
we
have
always
gotten
will
culminate
in
32
billion
dollars
lost
in
personal
income,
and
while
we
are
a
great
city,
we
are
not
a
great
city
for
everyone
and
that
truth
limits
how
far
we
can
go.
E
Okay,
it
doesn't
just
limit
it
over
the
next
three
decades.
It
will
actively
erode
the
gains
we
have
made
that
we
are
so
rightfully
proud
of,
in
other
words,
and
prepare
yourselves
for
a
metaphor.
In
other
words,
if
we
bench
our
entire
infield,
there
is
no
way
we
are
going
to
win
this
game.
Some
of
us
are
still
playing.
E
We
have
a
picture,
maybe
an
outfield,
some
people
who
can
hit
and
we
can
cobble
together
some
kind
of
team,
but
there's
no
way
that
we
are
going
to
go
to
the
playoffs,
let
alone
win
the
World
Series.
If
we
don't
have
everyone
playing
on
the
team,
if
we
are
keeping
our
players
on
the
bench
if
game
after
game
after
game,
we
have
fewer
and
fewer
people
playing
on
the
team,
eventually
we're
not
even
going
to
be
able
to
play
a
game.
E
E
That's
what
animates
my
work
as
mayor.
That
is
the
premise
premise
with
which
I
start
every
day,
every
day
at
work
and
end
every
night
at
work
we
get
to
grow
Minneapolis
we
get
to
do
it
all
together.
We
get
to
truly
become
one
Minneapolis,
all
of
us,
by
necessity,
contributing
to
that
growth
and
prosperity
and
all
of
us
by
necessity,
sharing
in
that
growth
and
prosperity.
E
So
when
you
walk
into
my
office,
you
will
notice
a
few
things.
There's
a
new
coat
of
paint
on
the
walls.
I
really
do
have
a
thing
for
Wonder
Woman
she's
on
the
walls
as
well
and
she's
on
the
bookcase
and
she's
on
my
coffee,
mug
and
you'll
see
that
there's
an
amazing
team
of
people
working
every
day
on
the
city's
priorities,
led
by
my
chief
of
staff,
John
styles,.
E
And
you
will
see
the
whiteboard
capital
T
capital
W,
it's
new.
It
replaces
one
that
was
in
that
office
that
was
so
well
used
and
so
well-loved
by
the
previous
administration
that,
when
I
started,
I
could
still
see
faint
in
erasable.
Marker
marks
traces
of
the
plans
being
made
and
executed
up
to
the
very
last
moment
of
the
last
administration,
and
now
with
me,
there
is
a
new
clean
board
that
has
already
seen
its
share
of
plans
written
on
it.
For
that
matter.
E
This
speech
was
written
and
rewritten
and
mapped
out
and
designed
on
that
whiteboard,
but
there
is
one
key
element
of
that
whiteboard
in
my
office
that
has
not
and
will
not
change
at
the
top
of
it.
I
have
written
three
key
questions,
everything
I
do.
Every
policy
decision,
that's
in
front
of
me.
Every
appointment
I
make
every
initiative
we
propose
passes
through
the
filter
of
those
three
questions.
The
accumulation
of
the
answers
to
those
three
questions
will
not
only
define
my
marital.
They
will
define
the
course
of
our
city
long
into
the
future.
E
They
are
the
questions
that,
if
we
answer
them
well
and
let
them
guide
what
we
do
will
help
create
the
best
possible
next
version
of
Minneapolis,
so
I
keep
them
up
there
every
day,
I
panic.
If
someone
tries
to
erase
them
the
questions
are
one.
How
will
this
make
the
city
run
well
to?
How
will
this
move
the
dial
on
equity?
Three?
How
will
this
move
the
dial
on
growing
the
city
and
the
truth
of
the
matter?
Is
these
three
questions
are
inextricably
linked?
E
If
we
do
not
run
the
city
well,
it
is
not
possible
to
meet
any
of
our
other
goals
that
we
have
for
ourselves
ourselves
as
a
people
and
ourselves
as
a
city
and
if
not
every
part
of
the
city,
if
every
part
of
the
city
is
not
getting
this
level
of
service
that
they
need,
we
are
neither
equitable
nor
running
the
city.
Well,
equity
relies
on
creating
opportunities
for
people
to
thrive,
and
that
takes
growth
for
us
to
be
one
Minneapolis.
We
need
to
know
and
act
like
these
questions
are
all
connected.
E
So
what
does
it
mean
to
run
the
city?
Well,
it
might
seem
obvious,
but
sometimes
city
services
are
so
embedded
in
our
lives
that
we
don't
truly
acknowledge
what
our
tax
dollars
are
buying
on
the
most
basic
of
levels.
Clean
water
comes
out
of
our
taps
from
one
of
the
best
filtration
systems
in
the
country,
and
we
don't
give
it
a
second
thought
we
step
into
a
restaurant
and
get
good
food
and
we
don't
consider
the
licensing,
work
and
inspections
that
make
sure
that
the
business
is
operating
safely.
E
E
Most
important
in
running
the
city,
well,
is
making
sure
we're
getting
the
basic
services
you
should
expect
to
receive.
You
should
be
getting
them
groundbreaking.
Work
with
innovative
ideas
is
not
enough
if
we
aren't
taking
care
of
the
basics,
potholes
streetlights
inspections
sewers,
so
we
do
take
care
of
them.
I
was
proud
to
work
with
the
city
council
to
fund
an
additional
1
million
dollars
in
pothole
repairs
this
year.
Thanks
thanks
to
the
help
and
leadership
of
Steve
cocky
for
making
that
happen
at
our
public
works
department.
E
We
cannot
control
the
conditions
that
lead
to
a
worse
than
normal
year
for
potholes.
That
would
take
a
significant
charter
change,
but
we
can
control
how
we
take
care
of
those
potholes
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
our
public
works.
Crews
have
been
doubling
their
efforts
to
keep
our
city
moving
and
to
keep
those
potholes
filled,
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
employees
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
E
City
workers
are
public
servants,
provide
basic
services
like
these
across
our
entire
enterprise
day
after
day,
with
little
fanfare,
but
great
professionalism.
We
all
owe
them
a
great
debt
of
thanks
at
the
inaugural
party
in
January.
I
took
my
precious
moment
on
stage
to
do
something:
I
figured
I
would
never
again
in
my
entire
life.
Have
an
opportunity
to
do.
I
asked
everybody
in
the
room.
It
was
a
very
full
room
to
cheer
for
structurally
balanced
budgets
and
pension
reform.
E
Those
are
some
of
the
sweetest
cheers.
I
have
ever
heard
in
my
entire
life,
because
when
you
do
it
it's
so
important,
but
fiscal
responsibility
is
not
sexy.
It
does
not
generate
frothy
media
stories,
but
it
matters
every
day
to
what
we
can
do
as
a
community.
Getting
it
right
is
no
small
feat
but
running
the
city.
Well
depends
on
getting
it
right.
So
I
assure
you
that
the
budget
I
present
to
the
council,
this
August
will
be
structurally
balanced.
E
E
See
another
round
of
applause
for
structurally
balanced
budgets
I
could
get
used
to
that
running.
The
city
well
also
means
knowing
that
city
operations
are
secure.
Council
member
lenay
palmisano
is
leading
the
charge
to
make
sure
that
the
city's
audit
function,
newly
reimagined
in
2010
is
configured
moving
forward
to
ensure
that
our
dollars
are
secure
and
our
city
functions
properly.
I
pledge
to
continue
my
dedication
to
that
work
as
I
support
her
leadership
there,
a
city
that
runs
well,
also
pays
heed
to
its
place
in
the
world.
Climate
change
is
real.
E
It
is
happening
now
and
we
will
continue
to
feel
its
impact
on
our
city,
so
plant
so
running.
The
city
well
means
planning
well
for
our
energy
future.
Our
energy
future
includes
the
climate
action
plan
to
reduce
citywide
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Our
energy
future
includes
coming
to
strong
City
franchise
agreements
with
Xcel
Energy
and
centerpoint
energy.
Our
city
future
includes
Senator
Al,
Franken's
back
to
work
Minnesota
initiative,
which
creates
jobs
by
retrofitting
buildings
to
make
the
more
energy
efficient
using
local
jobs
and
local
manufacturers
I've
been
proud
to
partner
with
Senator
Franken.
E
E
Our
energy
future
also
includes
moving
toward
zero
waste
Minneapolis.
We
are
already
making
progress
on
that
as
curbside
organics
recycling
will
soon
be
available
to
all
residents.
I,
look
forward
to
working
with
city
and
county
partners
to
build
on
the
success
we
have
seen
with
one
sort
recycling
as
we
implement
citywide
composting,
but
there
is
no
bigger
marker
of
how
well
we
are
running
the
city
than
by
how
well
we
are
providing
the
most
basic
of
municipal
services
public
safety.
E
This
year
we
have
seen
the
amazing
work
of
the
Minneapolis
fire
department
and
the
Minneapolis
firefighters,
and
this
year
tragically,
we
have
seen
too
much
of
the
amazing
work
of
the
Minneapolis
fire
department
and
Minneapolis
firefighters,
councilmember
Warsaw
me
and
I
saw
that
firsthand
before
we
even
started
before
we
were
even
sworn
in
Chief
John
friedl
and
his
team
are
now
working
to
make
sure
we
have
that
kind
of
firefighter
talent
long
into
the
future.
With
their
day
one
recruitment
program.
E
Our
regulatory
services
department,
led
by
Nuria
Rivera
vandermyde,
make
sure
that
our
buildings
are
up
to
code
inside
and
out
that
our
animals
are
safe
for
people
and
from
people
and
that
our
neighborhoods
look
like
the
safe
places
that
they
are
911
operators
and
dispatchers
under
the
leadership
of
Heather
hunt,
provide
a
vital
link
between
people
in
distress
and
the
response
they
need.
911
dispatchers
answer
more
than
half
a
million
calls
a
year
and
last
month
at
5.6
seconds
for
an
average
answer
time.
We
are
at
our
best
response
times
in
years.
E
They
continue
their
strong
work
to
make
Minneapolis
as
safe
as
it's
been
in
a
generation
with
violent
crime
at
rates
last
seen
three
decades
ago
to
enhance
that
work.
Residents
need
to
see
police
officers
who
reflect
them
and
their
community.
In
the
next
year,
close
to
100
new
hires
will
come
on
board
and
as
we
hire,
we
are
making
every
effort
to
make
sure
our
force
will
look
more
and
more
like
the
city.
It
serves
as
a
result,
I
believe
levels
of
community
trust
and
the
connections
with
the
community
will
be
stronger
than
ever
before.
E
I
must
say,
though,
that
our
officers
will
only
reflect
the
community
they
protect
and
serve
if
we
recruit
and
if
you
apply,
if
you
apply
to
be
a
police
officer
or
community
service
officer,
if
you
encourage
the
people
around
you
to
apply
to
be
a
minneapolis
police
officer
or
Minneapolis
Community
Service
Officer.
Please
consider
this
my
personal
request
to
women
and
men
from
everywhere
in
the
community
to
apply
to
be
a
minneapolis
police
officer,
while
crime
remains
at
historically
low
levels.
We
know
it's
not
evenly
distributed.
E
I
want
to
thank
council
president
barb
Johnson
for
code
sharing,
a
public
safety
summit
on
Northside
crime
and
livability
concern
and
for
her
years
long
advocacy
for
North
Minneapolis
and
for
the
safety
of
our
neighborhoods.
We
walked
out
of
that
summit
with
specific
recommendations
and
commitments
from
law
enforcement,
neighborhoods,
the
courts,
the
state
and
the
city
for
improving
safety
in
North,
Minneapolis
running
the
city,
well,
taking
care
of
basics
and
keeping
it
safe
must
run
through
everything
we
do
and
we
get
to
do
more.
We
get
to
move
the
dial
on
equity.
E
And
they
gave
me
some
water
I
made
the
point
earlier
that
in
the
21st
century,
true
growth
and
equity
are
intertwined.
The
greatest
opportunity
we
have
to
create
equity
is
with
our
kids.
They
are
where
we
must
begin.
Recent
research
by
University
of
Minnesota,
professor
Aaron
soldier
nerd,
demonstrates
clearly
not
just
that
disparities
aren't
inevitable,
but
they
are
preventable.
When
you
add
this
work
to
Minnesota
economist
art,
roll
next
year's
long
research
on
an
advocacy
for
effective
early
childhood
investments,
you
get
how
you
have
a
powerful
call
to
action.
That
Minneapolis
can
and
must
heed.
E
My
cradle
Takei
initiative
will
help
transform
how
we
think
of
early
childhood
interventions.
I
am
proud
to
announce
that
Peggy
flanagan
executive
director
of
The,
Children's,
Defense,
Fund
of
Minnesota
and
Carolyn
Smallwood
executive
director
of
way
to
grow
will
be.
The
co-chairs
of
my
newly
forming
cradle
2k
cabinet
I
am
grateful
for
their
willingness
to
serve.
E
Their
charge
will
to
be
to
help
coordinate,
aniline
work,
to
increase
the
early
experiences
of
all
children,
prenatal,
23
years
old,
and
to
help
create
a
plan
to
create
bridges
across
silos
and
sectors.
So
we
can
maximize
a
child's
ability
to
be
ready
for
early
childhood
education
opportunities.
It
will
build
on
the
great
healthy
starts
work
happening
in
the
Health
Department
under
Gretchen
music
can't,
and
it
is
the
place
where
the
city
itself
can
have
the
most
direct
impact
on
educational
outcomes.
E
We
will
never
grow
in
the
way
that
we
need
to
until
we
eliminate
racial
disparities
in
educational
outcomes
and
no
mayor
in
America
understood
this
sooner
no
mayor
in
America
got
involved
more
effectively
with
public
education
in
his
City,
then
st.
Paul
Mayor,
Chris
Coleman.
He
is
a
model
for
me
as
a
mayor
and
as
a
friend.
E
His
chief
of
staff,
Aaron,
daddy,
is
here
and,
if
you'd
be
willing
to
convey
that
message
to
the
mayor,
I
would
appreciate
it
I'm,
especially
pleased
about
the
contract
just
ratified
between
Minneapolis
Public
Schools,
led
by
superintendent,
Bernadette
Johnson
and
the
Minneapolis
Federation
of
Teachers,
under
the
leadership
of
their
president
Lynn
Norgren,
by
creating
flexible
community
partnership
schools
and
by
lowering
class
sizes
and
high
priority
schools.
This
contract
is
a
strong
step
forward
in
empowering
teachers
and
communities
to
end
our
gaps.
E
The
city's
youth
cabinet
is
another
place.
We
help
focus
and
coordinate
our
work
for
young
people.
The
youth
cabinet
is
a
collective
of
city
staff
established
to
both
use
and
equity
lens
and
a
youth
lens
to
support
young
people
and
identify
opportunities
to
do
the
work
more
effectively
in
the
city
council.
Member
John
Quincy
has
been
instrumental
in
moving
that
work
forward
and
with
his
leadership
we
will
be
able
to
do
even
more.
E
This
work
joins
our
strong,
ongoing
multi-sector
work
with
youth
Coordinating
Board
and
with
our
blueprint
for
action
to
prevent
youth
violence,
creating
equity
for
our
children,
equity
that
starts
before
birth
and
continues
through
a
lifetime
is
where
we
must
start.
But
it
is
not
enough.
We
must
also
focus
on
ending
disparities
in
jobs,
wealth
creation
and
housing
among
many
other
areas,
and
that's
what
the
Department
of
Community,
Planning
and
economic
development
is
doing.
E
The
work
of
the
department,
whether
in
workforce,
economic
development,
housing
inspections
or
planning
is
structured
around
the
triple
bottom
line,
growing
the
city,
promoting
sustainability
and
ending
disparities.
So,
for
example,
the
renew
program
trains,
people
who
previously
have
been
hard
to
employ
in
green
manufacturing
and
construction
techniques.
Often
these
folks
are
from
communities
of
color
and
it
helps
them
land,
good-paying
jobs
in
fast
growing
businesses,
the
business
technical
assistant
program,
trains,
new
and
existing
entrepreneurs,
predominantly
from
communities
of
color
and
immigrant
communities
in
starting
new
businesses
or
expanding
existing
one.
E
This
grows
jobs
and
builds
wealth
that
ripples
throughout
our
entire
city
and
I
know
that
councilmember
Cano
is
as
keenly
interested
as
I
am
in
nurturing
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
in
our
city
on
city,
on
Lots,
in
North,
Minneapolis,
green
homes,
North
build
sustainable
owner-occupied
homes
with
newly
trained
local
labor,
who
use
locally
sourced
green
building
materials
and
then
sells
the
homes
to
people
with
lower
incomes.
This
improves
the
neighbor's
property
value
and
adds
to
the
entire
city's
tax
base.
E
First,
at
the
city,
we
have
made
progress
via
our
equity
assessment
tool,
kit
for
hiring
procurement,
community
engagement
and
policymaking
decisions
inside
the
city,
Velma
corbels
leadership
at
the
department
of
civil
rights
has
propelled
us
forward
and
will
help
us
take
this
work
to
the
next
level.
Thank
you
very
much.
Doctor.
E
In
partnership
with
the
schools,
the
county
and
the
parks,
we
work
to
unite
our
city
around
one
Minneapolis,
one
read
by
reading
and
thinking
together
about
race,
family
relationships
and
neighborhood
history.
This
partnership
bears
great
fruit
in
relationship
building,
promoting
literacy
and
reconnecting
our
community
across
racial
divides.
Without
the
leadership
of
council
vice-president
Elizabeth
glidden,
it
would
never
happen
and
I
am
proud
to
announce.
Yes,
let's
get
around
the
class
I.
E
Am
proud
to
announce
that
this
year,
I
will
be
partnering
with
her
and
all
of
our
other
partners
to
continue
the
success
of
one
Minneapolis.
One
read,
finally,
for
all
of
the
work
we're
doing
together.
Minneapolis
is
blessed
to
have
a
true
champion
in
the
White
House
President
Barack
Obama.
Last
month
he
announced
that
my
brother's
keeper
initiative
to
create
and
expand
opportunity
for
boys
and
young
men
of
color.
E
I
have
been
in
contact
with
the
White
House
about
how
Minneapolis
can
share
the
good
work
we're
doing
here
with
the
rest
of
the
country
and
how
we
can
partner
with
the
White
House
to
do
even
more
so
we
must
continue
to
run
the
city.
Well,
we
must
move
the
dial
on
equity,
but,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
equity
relies
on
creating
opportunities
for
people
to
thrive.
So
we
also
must
move
the
dial
on
growth
and
we
are
a
thriving
growing
city.
E
My
goal
remains:
US
remains
to
make
us
the
great
city
of
the
21st
century,
and
we
are
on
our
way
in
2013
between
increasing
market
values
and
new
construction.
The
tax
base
of
Minneapolis
increased
to
close
to
3
billion
dollars
from
the
first
quarter
of
2012
to
the
1st
quarter
of
2013,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
added
more
than
8,000
jobs
of
increase
of
2.7%
in
2013.
The
city
issued
1.2
billion
dollars
in
construction
permits
this
year,
we're
on
track
to
exceed
that
number
I
plan
to
keep
our
fabulous
City,
Assessor,
Patrick
Todd,
very,
very
busy.
E
What
is
the
key
to
our
success?
The
key
is
our
public
investment
in
the
public
good.
It
is
making
us
a
city.
People
want
to
come
to
and
choose
to
invest
in.
We
have
parks
surrounding
lakes
and
rivers
and
creeks.
We
are
bikeable,
we
are
walkable
and
we
are
getting
more
so.
Every
year
we
have
libraries,
city
services
and
public
spaces
that
enrich
our
lives
and
support
small
businesses
and
strong
neighborhoods.
E
We
have
planned
well
for
our
development
future
and
in
Minneapolis
we
view
transit
investment
as
an
effective
and
essential
tool
for
sustainable
development,
a
tool
to
grow
jobs,
to
grow
housing
and
economic
development
in
Minneapolis
and
along
revitalized.
Urban
corridors
in
our
vision
of
Minneapolis
transit
improvements,
bike
and
pedestrian
improvements,
green
space
and
economic
development
are
seamlessly
and
sustainably
interwoven.
E
E
Imagine
what
our
city
will
look
like
when
we
replicate
this
on
all
of
our
transit
corridors
when
those
corridors
meet
their
full
potential.
The
whole
region
wins.
These
wins
take
investment,
however,
which
is
why
we
also
need
to
pass
a
three
quarter.
Cent
metro,
wide
sales
tax,
as
proposed
by
move
Minnesota
and
unanimously
endorsed
by
our
city
council,.
E
Make
no
mistake:
Minneapolis
knows
what
it
wants.
We
have
a
plan
and
we
have
leadership
who
can
make
it
happen.
Leadership
like
councilmember,
Kevin
Reich
knew
at
the
helm
of
our
transportation,
Public,
Works,
Committee
and
already
building
on
his
years
of
work
to
make
our
system
grow
and
our
system
run
smoothly.
E
Minneapolis
right
now
we
are
at
the
beginning
of
some
of
the
biggest
developments
in
downtown
in
a
generation
talk
about
growth,
the
reinvented
nicollet
mall
will
be
another
shining
jewel
in
the
crown
for
our
state,
our
region
and
our
city.
Our
shared
vision
for
the
new
mall
is
a
21st
century
destination,
drawing
visitors
and
residents
alike,
to
its
curving
grandeur
and
its
series
of
unique
moments
along
the
way.
It
is
one
of
the
many
ways
we
are
integrating
our
gorgeous
River
with
our
bustling
growing
downtown.
This
is
much
more
than
just
a
street
project.
E
It's
a
regional
amenity
of
critical
importance
to
our
partners
in
Minnesota's
business
community,
an
investment
so
important
to
their
success
that
they
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
with
the
commitment
to
fund
half
the
project
themselves.
We
are
grateful
for
the
strong
leadership
of
Steve
Kramer
and
his
board
at
the
downtown
council.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
We
are
grateful
for
the
dogged
leadership
in
the
Dell
in
the
delegation
of
Representative
ray
Dean
and
Senator.
Kerry
did
sick
and
the
bills
author
in
the
Senate
Bobby
Joe
champion,
and
we
are
grateful
for
the
steadfast
support
of
Governor
Dayton
and
our
United
legislative
delegation.
Thank
them
all
very
much
for
their
support
of
this
crucial
project.
E
But
our
growth,
our
growth,
is
more
than
just
downtown.
By
far
our
neighborhoods
are
the
bedrock
of
Minneapolis
and
new
developments
and
neighborhoods
all
across
the
city
are
bringing
more
people
more
business
and
more
tax
base
to
the
city.
In
the
north
we
have
West
Broadway
crescent
and
Washburn
center
for
children
in
south.
We
have
high
Lake
triangle
here
in
central.
We
have
the
new
Longfellow
market
in
the
southwest.
We
have
mosaic
east
and
northeast.
We
have
art
spaces,
Jackson
flats.
E
We
are
growing
Minneapolis,
we
are
thriving.
The
key
is
knowing
what
will
take
us
to
the
next
level
to
realize
the
promise
of
growth,
sustainable
growth,
growth
of
people,
not
cars,
inclusive
growth.
We
as
a
city
have
to
do
everything
we
can
to
make
sure
we
are
fostering,
rather
than
thwarting
investment.
That
is
why
I
have
already
asked
our
city
attorney
susan
siegel,
a
strategic,
forward-thinking
leader
to
review
all
city
regulations
that
govern
business
in
the
city
over
the
years.
We
have
applause
for
that.
E
If
it's
hard
for
that
person
to
navigate
our
system,
then
for
a
first
time,
business
owner,
perhaps
with
another
language
as
her
first
language,
the
barriers
might
be
more
than
she
can
afford
to
break
through.
So
we
get
to
streamline
our
regulations
while
still
making
sure
the
public
interest
is
protected.
The
project
will
take
time,
but
the
payoff
will
be
great
and
we
do
have
economic
sectors
ripe
for
concentrated
growth,
energy,
health,
high-tech
our
local
food
economy,
taking
good
economic
sectors
and
making
them
great
is
a
cornerstone
of
good
economic
development.
E
Our
arts
economy,
for
example,
is
a
showcase
for
our
city
and
allotted
cornerstone
of
our
livability.
It
is
also,
however,
an
important
part
of
our
economy.
What
the
Arts
do
to
create
a
place.
People
want
to
be
in
cannot
be
overestimated,
but
it
is
also
an
economic
driver
in
and
of
itself
the
Minneapolis
creative
index,
which
measures
the
value
of
our
creative
sector
shows
that
it
pumps
seven
hundred
million
dollars
into
our
city's
economy
in
a
single
year
that
outpaces
the
national
average
by
nearly
five
times,
and
it
stayed
steady
through
our
tough
times.
E
This
is
an
economic
sector
that,
when
we
grow
it
will
make
us
a
more
attractive
place
to
live,
but
also
increase
our
bottom
line
as
a
city
that
is
a
double
bottom
line.
It
makes
us
livable
and
it
makes
us
grow
if
we
can
elevate
people's
knowledge
of
what
we
offer,
we
can
grow
our
arts
sector
further.
That
is
a
great
double
bottom
line,
but,
as
I
said
in
the
beginning,
our
growth
needs
to
be
inclusive
growth.
E
A
while
back
a
couple
of
three
weeks
ago,
I
think
it
was
I
met
with
a
group
of
Somali
business
owners,
mostly
women,
to
talk
about
the
investment
they
are
making
in
our
city,
many
of
them
owned
the
equivalent
of
a
market
stall
in
one
of
the
malls
in
south
Minneapolis
caramel.
Malt,
when
T
for
mall
many
of
our
regulations
and
small
business
support
programs
are
not
designed
for
Metro
micro
enterprises
like
theirs.
As
a
result,
the
assistance
these
women
need
and
could
benefit
from
is
falling
through
the
cracks.
E
So
now,
as
a
city,
we
are
looking
at
how
to
adjust
our
programs
to
accommodate
new
realities.
This
is
what
I
mean
by
inclusive
growth,
making
sure
our
policies
and
programs
are
set
up
in
such
a
way
that
all
can
participate.
We
need
to
make
certain
our
business
assistance.
Programs
are
flexible
enough
to
meet
the
needs
of
today.
E
So
I
am
proud
to
announce
that
to
spearhead
this
work
in
my
office
on
economic
development
and
growth,
Eric
Garcia
Luna
will
be
joining
my
office
as
a
new
policy
aide
to
work
on
the
economic
development
and
I
give
great
set
thanks
to
US,
senator
Amy
Klobuchar
for
being
so
kind
as
to
let
me
hire
Eric
away
from
her
office
and
the
great
work
that
he's
been
doing.
There
welcome
air.
E
So
those
are
the
three
questions.
Those
are
the
three
questions.
How
does
this
help
make
the
city
run?
Well,
how
does
this
move
the
dial
on
equity
and
how
does
this
move
the
dial
on
growth
when
we
are
inspired
by
these
three
questions?
When
we
move
the
dial
on
running
the
city?
Well,
increasing
equity
and
growing
inclusively
are
one
Minneapolis
will
be
the
great
city
of
the
21st
century,
and
so
I
come
back
to
where
I
began.
We
are
an
amazing
city.
E
Now,
I
have
just
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
bragging
about
our
amazing
city,
about
how
fabulous
it
is
and
how
fabulous
we
are.
As
a
people
and
a
few
years
ago,
site
selectors
came
to
our
region
to
see
what
would
propel
us
forward
and
what
was
holding
us
back.
Those
are
the
folks
who
work
with
new
or
expanding
businesses
or
businesses
looking
to
move
deciding
helping
them
decide
where
they
should
go.
They
know
a
little
something
about
what
draws
people
to
a
place.
E
They
know
a
little
something
about
what
attracts
business
and
development
and
they
found
that
we
as
a
region
have
very
much
to
offer.
We
are
boxing
above
our
weight
in
Fortune,
500
and
fortune
100
companies,
we
top
all
kinds
of
lists
for
livability,
and
when
people
come
here
for
work
or
school,
they
don't
want
to
leave
the
problem.
E
E
This
happens
across
the
board.
All
of
us
are
in
Minneapolis
are
impeded
in
one
way
or
another
by
the
modesty.
Minneapolis
has
been
steeped
in,
but
if
we're
going
to
grow,
if
we
are
going
to
bring
opportunity
here,
we
cannot
afford
to
be
modest.
We
cannot
afford
to
hide
our
lights
under
those
bushels
and
we
sure
can't
settle
for
merely
being
less
modest.
We
have
got
to
brag
people
actively
loudly
with
more
vigor
than
we
know
we
have.
We
must
shout
to
the
rooftops
that
Minneapolis
is
the
best
place
on
earth.
E
Practice
you've
got
it
in
you
cheer
for
yourselves.
No,
you
can.
Are
you
starting
to
feel
uncomfortable
yet
good,
because
to
get
where
we're
going,
we're
all
going
to
have
to
get
really
uncomfortable.
That's
why
I
will
be
initiating
a
week
where
we
can
all
practice
together
bragging
about
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I,
call
it
the
best
week
of
bragging
about
minneapolis
ever
and
it
will
be
from
july,
fourteenth
to
July
twentieth
and
you
are
all
invited
to
participate.
E
What
does
bragging
week?
Look
like
you
might
ask
yourself:
we
will
showcase
the
best
of
our
city
and
we
will
ask
you
to
practice
doing
the
same.
We'll
have
lists
extolling
our
virtues
and
ask
you
to
practice
bragging
with
your
neighbors
with
your
friends
and
better.
Yet
everyone
you
know
who
doesn't
live
here.
We
will
have
social
media
suggestions
tweets
about
our
best
of
victories
Facebook
posts
about
how
great
our
neighborhoods
are.
The
fun
has
just
begun,
so
stay
tuned
and
really
is
it
bragging?
A
Thank
you
Thank
You
mayor
Hodges,
I,
apologize
to
anybody
who
saw
me
looking
at
my
phone.
My
directions
are
on
my
phone
so
that
that's
why
I'm
doing
that?
I
just
really
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
her
message
and
again
thank
the
Native
American
community
for
their
hospitality.
Today
and
after
we
adjourned,
there
are
some
refreshments
on
the
other
side
of
the
center
there.
So
please
join
us
for
that,
and
so,
with
that
emotion
to
receive
and
file
the
mayor's
address
would
be
in
order.